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delia goncalves is there live with a preview. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. the wilson building will be very active today. this last null day of the legislative session before the council breaks for the summer. and there will be no question that something certainly has to be done about these long- standing pepco power outages but the question, is burying the lines the best solution. mary cheh says it's one solution albeit a costly one but legislation would require that co. pay for -- that pepco pay for it. >> each time we have situations like this, there will be some nashing of teeth and pepco will say we have a new program and we have a two-year program, three-year program but it never seems to change. the thick that stays the same is they make promises. >> the public service commission fined pepco a million dollars for past msm prance. we've -- past performance. we've heard nothing remotely of regulatory oversight in the district of columbia. >> reporter: over the district of columbia public service co
delia goncalves is there live with a preview. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. the wilson building will be very active today. this last null day of the legislative session before the council breaks for the summer. and there will be no question that something certainly has to be done about these long- standing pepco power outages but the question, is burying the lines the best solution. mary cheh says it's one solution albeit a costly one but legislation would...
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delia goncalves live in tysons corner this morning. >>> metro still has no idea what caused that computer glitch over the weekend. it forced trains to come to a halt for nearly an hour twice. metro's rolled out -- ruled out any kind of hacker attack or sabotage and no one was hurt or at risk when it hit. a similar glitch happened a few months ago. >>> later this morning fire investigators are going to resume their search on what caused a huge apartment fire in woodbridge, virginia. one firefighter was hurt battling the flames last night at the gemstone apartments. the complex is on gemstone drive which is just a few blocks away from prince william plaza. a firefighter is expected to recover. no one else was hurt in this. the fire, though, forced about a dozen families out of their homes and they're in temporary housing this morning. >>> dx council member phil graham is hold -- d.c. council member phil graham is holding on for calling mayor vincent gray to resign amid legal troubles over his 2010 campaign. that's according to this morni
delia goncalves live in tysons corner this morning. >>> metro still has no idea what caused that computer glitch over the weekend. it forced trains to come to a halt for nearly an hour twice. metro's rolled out -- ruled out any kind of hacker attack or sabotage and no one was hurt or at risk when it hit. a similar glitch happened a few months ago. >>> later this morning fire investigators are going to resume their search on what caused a huge apartment fire in woodbridge,...
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delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with more. we heard this before. it's going to be costly but hey, when do we start if we don't start now, right? >> reporter: exactly. what's what mary cheh is saying. i know the process will be long, costly and annoying for many residents here in the district as they're digging up all over the place, but she says we have to start the conversation now if we really want to see any improvements in regards to our power outages when it comes to pepco and these storms. thousands of d.c. residents were in the dark for several days following last week's wind storm that knocked down those overhead wires. a council member says burying some of those lines, at least in some neighborhoods here in d.c. would solve the problem but it's just one solution she says. she's also called on the public service commission here in the district to impose fines on pepco which she says the psc has never double. however, through -- done. however, through this bill, she says the power company would still pay. >> it would place annual assessment
delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with more. we heard this before. it's going to be costly but hey, when do we start if we don't start now, right? >> reporter: exactly. what's what mary cheh is saying. i know the process will be long, costly and annoying for many residents here in the district as they're digging up all over the place, but she says we have to start the conversation now if we really want to see any improvements in regards to our power outages when it comes to...
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delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more on yet another stalemate between these people. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, welcome back. you know congress nevada intended for -- never intended for the cuts to take place and initially it was really just a threat. or an incentive to force the supercommittee to come up with a balanced budget plan. well, that committee failed to do so and now it seems, well, these cuts could happen. and that could mean some devastating results here in the area. two million job losses around the country, more than 160,000 federal jobs right here in the washington, d.c. area alone. these cuts as you mentioned $1.2 trillion and they could have widespread effects on federal services that we rely on daily. >> i'm here because we are concerned about jobs in our industry. more so concerned about the security of our nation. >> it was never really meant to be a policy. it was meant to be a hammer. >> this problem goes away with one simple thing. balance. as long as the other side is willing to put revenue on the table, then we'll have a balance
delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more on yet another stalemate between these people. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, welcome back. you know congress nevada intended for -- never intended for the cuts to take place and initially it was really just a threat. or an incentive to force the supercommittee to come up with a balanced budget plan. well, that committee failed to do so and now it seems, well, these cuts could happen. and that could mean some devastating results...
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our delia goncalves is there live with this story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. after working through the night, major progress by crews here on georgetown pike. you can see the tree that crews were working on chopping away slowly, that tree has now been removed. it fell around 6:00. so about half an hour ago. let's take a look at sky 9 flying above the area so you can take a look at an aerial view of georgetown pike. you can see that crews are working busily and quickly to remove the tree trunk so they can open this portion of georgetown road back up to traffic following yesterday's tragedy. it was 6:30 yesterday evening, the tail end of the evening commute when a 100-foot tall 12- ton tree suddenly collapsed. it crushed a car that was stopped in bumper to bumper traffic in the westbound lane. the male driver inside died instantly. an arborist tells us the tree was about 200 years old and was absolutely hollow inside indicating severe decay. >> i think the first thing most people are thinking is they're gl
our delia goncalves is there live with this story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. after working through the night, major progress by crews here on georgetown pike. you can see the tree that crews were working on chopping away slowly, that tree has now been removed. it fell around 6:00. so about half an hour ago. let's take a look at sky 9 flying above the area so you can take a look at an aerial view of georgetown pike. you can see that crews are working busily...
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. >> delia goncalves is live in capital heights with more on the search for this thief. delia? >> reporter: jessica, this on the 1400 block of hampton park drive here in capital heights one of four area gas stations in prince george's county that's been targeted. and just the past two days. and you can see that this gas station right now is very busy. but don't be fooled. police say even at a very busy gas station this can still happen and it has happened. it's unclear if the same suspects are responsible but police do have one suspect's vehicle on surveillance tape. the black mercedes suv circles the pumps at the sheriff road gas station in landover. and then you can see the passenger of that suspect's vehicle jumps out and snatches a woman's purse from her open car window, this all happened wednesday at 6:00 in the evening. >> it was -- about 8:00. the morning before thanksgiving. very crowded. i thought it would be safe because there were so many people. i saw the -- the car actually before the guy jumped into any car. i saw him perusing the gas station but once really think
. >> delia goncalves is live in capital heights with more on the search for this thief. delia? >> reporter: jessica, this on the 1400 block of hampton park drive here in capital heights one of four area gas stations in prince george's county that's been targeted. and just the past two days. and you can see that this gas station right now is very busy. but don't be fooled. police say even at a very busy gas station this can still happen and it has happened. it's unclear if the same...
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delia goncalves live at redskins park in ash burn. the focus of course rooky sensation rg3. >> reporter: good morning. can't get enough of rg3. when the fans come in at 1:00 when the park opens to fans, you can expect huge crowds. i'm sure lots of folks very anxious to get to see rg3 in action up close and personal. so they will be lining that field a little later today. the rooky quarterback signed a four-year $21.2 million contract with the redskins. fans say that money is worth it. a lot is riding on rg3 like bringing a winning season to washington. maybe even a super bowl, something this team hasn't seen in 20 years. griffin says, though, his success and the team success will come with everyone's work, a group effort around not his new found celebrity. >> i try to be real with all my teammates and if they want to call me rg3, call me whatever they want but i think that persona of rg3 as far as a fan doesn't really -- it's not the same feeling for these guys in the locker room. >> but if you are a fan and you're heading down to the
delia goncalves live at redskins park in ash burn. the focus of course rooky sensation rg3. >> reporter: good morning. can't get enough of rg3. when the fans come in at 1:00 when the park opens to fans, you can expect huge crowds. i'm sure lots of folks very anxious to get to see rg3 in action up close and personal. so they will be lining that field a little later today. the rooky quarterback signed a four-year $21.2 million contract with the redskins. fans say that money is worth it. a...
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delia goncalves joins us live from the scene. the pictures we've seen so far are just astonishing. >> reporter: oh, it's heartbreaking. without warning this tree just fell. it is just a terrible situation. this block, the 9900 block of georgetown pike still remains closed. we're talking more than ten hours later. take a look. crews are here. they are trying to remove a second tree in the area that they believe is damaged and could fall as well. we can't shiny lights on the tree to show -- shine any lights on the tree to show you because we're told that would hurt the operation that is going on right now. we are seeing the crews taking down the limbs but the other tree fell without warning. it was around 6:30 yesterday evening. traffic as usual was backed up on georgetown pike when the massive tree fell crashing down on a car in the westbound lane. the firehouse is just steps away. firefighters responded immediately to the scene but their rescue operation quickly turned into a recovery as they discovered the weight of this 100-foo
delia goncalves joins us live from the scene. the pictures we've seen so far are just astonishing. >> reporter: oh, it's heartbreaking. without warning this tree just fell. it is just a terrible situation. this block, the 9900 block of georgetown pike still remains closed. we're talking more than ten hours later. take a look. crews are here. they are trying to remove a second tree in the area that they believe is damaged and could fall as well. we can't shiny lights on the tree to show --...
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delia goncalves has more on the rescue efforts. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, jessica. it is going to be some time but it is slowly progressing here in this area. people are trying to get a handle as to what happened exactly last night. though it could have been a whole lot worse because we're told this fire went unnoticed for a long time before anyone escaped the house or firefighters even arrived on the scene. here we are more than nine hours after the fire first broke out and you can see crews are still here working to board up this building. 75 firefighters from throughout the county fought to get the blaze under control but crews tell us the building was fully engulfed when they arrived because the fire burned spoke some time before a police officer on patrol saw smoke. that officer immediately called 911. >> he got out of his cruiser and started knocking on doors, evacuating the building because people weren't aware. it looks like the fire started in an apartment on the ground floor level, rear side of
delia goncalves has more on the rescue efforts. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, jessica. it is going to be some time but it is slowly progressing here in this area. people are trying to get a handle as to what happened exactly last night. though it could have been a whole lot worse because we're told this fire went unnoticed for a long time before anyone escaped the house or firefighters even arrived on the scene. here we are more than nine hours after the fire first...
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back to you, mike, jess. >> thanks, delia, delia goncalves live at the wilson building. >>> it wasn't as bad as the storms last month but a quick moving storm system did knock down trees and power around the region. we're going to take a live look now at acadia place northwest. you can see crews working to dismantle a tree that fell over last night. fewer than a thousand pepco customers in d.c., montgomery county and prince george's county are without power. >>> we have an update now on that just bizarre accident from recently. a giant tree falling on a car stuck in traffic and killed a man inside the vehicle. this happened tuesday night on georgetown pike in great falls, virginia. we're told that tree was basically almost completely rotted out. fairfax county ash ritions say the ivy on the tree -- arborists say the ivy on the tree was one of the only things that kept it from toppling down before tuesday. >>> we are also learning more about the victim in that case. he is a 64-year-old arl roeth. he was building a new house in great falls. one of his best friends was on the way over th
back to you, mike, jess. >> thanks, delia, delia goncalves live at the wilson building. >>> it wasn't as bad as the storms last month but a quick moving storm system did knock down trees and power around the region. we're going to take a live look now at acadia place northwest. you can see crews working to dismantle a tree that fell over last night. fewer than a thousand pepco customers in d.c., montgomery county and prince george's county are without power. >>> we have...
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delia goncalves joins us live from the satellite center. she's been track be the story and joins us now with a look at sunday's emotional vigil. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can imagine very emotional, lots of tears shed by even mere strangers in a community who are feeling the pain of this tragedy many of them still vowing this event will not change them or break them. family friends and community members gathered outside of city hall to remember the 12 lives lost in this tragedy. it appears 24-year-old james holmes, the alleged gunman prepared for the movie theater massacre purchasing guns and tactical equipment in the past two months. he even we're told bought 6,000 rounds of ammunition prior to the shooting on a hill across from the theater now stand crosses for each of the 12 victims. >> our city will be stronger and greater because of our adversity. >> i've only been mayor for seven -- our mayor has only been mayor for seven months. i find it hard to believe. he's so strong and so wise. i've seen him percentageally as
delia goncalves joins us live from the satellite center. she's been track be the story and joins us now with a look at sunday's emotional vigil. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can imagine very emotional, lots of tears shed by even mere strangers in a community who are feeling the pain of this tragedy many of them still vowing this event will not change them or break them. family friends and community members gathered outside of city hall to remember the 12 lives lost in this...
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delia goncalves live this morning. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is responding to a recent "washington post" poll that showed more than half of his base believes he should actually step down. mayor gray responded to the poll yesterday after a press conference on the status of hiv- aids in the district. he told 9news the city should look at the positive changes he's brought to the city including a lower crime rate, lower unemployment. gray also says the poll is disappointing. >> on a personal level, when you hear about these kinds of poll numbers, does it bother you? >> of course. i would love to be able to have the as and bs we just saw. of course it does. >> in a statement for mayor gray's -- from mayor gray's attorney, it says mayor gray is being treated very unfairly by some in the media and those with their own political agendas. they're not focusing on the very good things he's doing for our city, the improvements he's made in city services, the local economy and the welfare of less fortunate folks in the community. >>> the
delia goncalves live this morning. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is responding to a recent "washington post" poll that showed more than half of his base believes he should actually step down. mayor gray responded to the poll yesterday after a press conference on the status of hiv- aids in the district. he told 9news the city should look at the positive changes he's brought to the city including a lower crime rate, lower unemployment. gray also says the poll is disappointing....
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delia goncalves live outside the wilson building this morning. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton releasted a statement on the investigation as well -- >>> it's been two weeks since that epic storm moved through the region and knocked out power to millions. today d.c. city leaders are looking for answers. yvette alexander will lead a public oversight hearing on pep koa and if -- pepco and how well it restored power to customers. more than 65,000 pepco customers in the district lost power after the june 29th storm. >>> now that the power is back on, the city of gaithersburg, maryland is feeling patriotic again. it will hold its fourth of july celebration tonight at the montgomery county fairgrounds. the event was canceled last week because of the storm aftermath. music begins at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks will go off around 9:25 this evening. the fairgrounds are on chestnut street that's just off route 355. >>> 6:36 now. we have commuter alert for you. metro will be slowing down trains. the next time it gets extremely hot. you see a kink in the track was
delia goncalves live outside the wilson building this morning. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton releasted a statement on the investigation as well -- >>> it's been two weeks since that epic storm moved through the region and knocked out power to millions. today d.c. city leaders are looking for answers. yvette alexander will lead a public oversight hearing on pep koa and if -- pepco and how well it restored power to customers. more than 65,000 pepco customers in the...
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back to you, andrea. >> delia goncalves reporting live from cabin john. >>> dominion power says they are working on the last remaining customers without power. that's a relief in reston, virginia. they've been without power for nearly a week, and it is a struggle for seniors who live on top floors without elevator access. even more so for residents who suffer from asthma and other medical conditions made worse by a lack of air conditioning. dominion, which has seen an increase says nearly all customers will have power by tomorrow night. >>> they are this close to getting evicted. today, a lawyer says he plans to file an urgent request to stop evictions at a prince william county mobile home park. a handful of residents got the eviction notices on tuesday, although police did not carry out those evictions. now there is a lawyer for the residents saying he plans to file an emergency restraining order this morning. you see, this mobile home park was severely flooded last september during tropical storm lee. there is an issue with the electrical. that's what one of the inspectors says. m
back to you, andrea. >> delia goncalves reporting live from cabin john. >>> dominion power says they are working on the last remaining customers without power. that's a relief in reston, virginia. they've been without power for nearly a week, and it is a struggle for seniors who live on top floors without elevator access. even more so for residents who suffer from asthma and other medical conditions made worse by a lack of air conditioning. dominion, which has seen an increase...
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delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with more. the testimony was something. >> reporter: it certainly was. this is just getting bigger and bigger as this investigation continues. this now makes the third person connected to mayor gray's campaign in 2010 to plead guilty to federal violations. but this by far, mike, is the most egregious. we're talking more than $650,000 that was secretly funneled to the campaign. gene harris is 75 years old, admitted to passing that money along, but she told the court her former boss and d.c. businessman jeff thompson funded the scheme. he has not been charged but his office and his home were raided by the f.b.i. d.c.'s u.s. attorney ron manchen says this corruption goes way back, as far back as 2001. >> the 2010 mayoral election was corrupted by massive infusion of cash and was illegally concealed from the voters of the district. >> it speaks to corruption in elections that's far beyond what anybody realized. i think it's safe to say the candidates who received these donations did not realize it c
delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with more. the testimony was something. >> reporter: it certainly was. this is just getting bigger and bigger as this investigation continues. this now makes the third person connected to mayor gray's campaign in 2010 to plead guilty to federal violations. but this by far, mike, is the most egregious. we're talking more than $650,000 that was secretly funneled to the campaign. gene harris is 75 years old, admitted to passing that money along,...
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delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with more on the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. it certainly will be an interesting press conference at 10:00 here inside the wilson building. i don't know how the mayor will avoid these questions that i'm sure will be bombarded by a number of reporters who will be in that room. initially he said he knew nothing about this corruption. that has changed to simply no comment. so we'll see what else he has to say today and if that changes because now we're talking about a pretty large number, more than 650,000 -- $650,000 that was secretly funneled to his campaign. let's take a look at some video that was shot just yesterday. gene harris, a 75-year-old public relations consultant pled guilty in federal court yesterday to using that money to help mayor gray get elected. she pled guilty to buying 10 thousand yard signs, 6,000 t- shirts, banners, laptops and a pa system. harris worked for d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson who was alleged have to have written the checks but did
delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with more on the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. it certainly will be an interesting press conference at 10:00 here inside the wilson building. i don't know how the mayor will avoid these questions that i'm sure will be bombarded by a number of reporters who will be in that room. initially he said he knew nothing about this corruption. that has changed to simply no comment. so we'll see what else he...
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delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning where the countdown clock is ticking. good morning delia. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning andrea. all eyes are on congress this morning as the nation braces itself for a possible doomsday scenario. you mentioned some of the numbers. and here's another staggering number. 2million jobs nationwide are at risk if these $2.1 trillion sequestration cuts pass. also on the chopping block federal services that could clouds. national parks and museums and even clip it will military. that's according to -- cripple the military. that's according to defense secretary leon panetta. however, here's the thing. the cuts were never meant to happen. it was simply part of a plan by congress to force a supercommittee to balance the budget but that committee failed and now, it seems the plan has backfired. >> this is a pathetic way to legislate. to have this sword hanging over everybody's head and that's supposed to lead people to a decision. it's just unbelievable that we're facing this this late in the year for something that star
delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning where the countdown clock is ticking. good morning delia. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning andrea. all eyes are on congress this morning as the nation braces itself for a possible doomsday scenario. you mentioned some of the numbers. and here's another staggering number. 2million jobs nationwide are at risk if these $2.1 trillion sequestration cuts pass. also on the chopping block federal services that could clouds. national...
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our delia goncalves is lye at one of the -- live at one of the gas stations in capital heights, good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning jessica you know this is a warning that you hear very often. however, unfortunately with the summer heat, lots of people let their guards down and so this is yet another warning out there for women. this is the wawa on the 1400 block of hampton park boulevard here in capital heights. police say this is just one of the four gas stations tarted by these brazen robbers. let's take a look at the surveillance video taken from a recent purse snapping that happened on -- snatching that happened on wednesday at 6:00 in the evening. this is from a gas station on sheriff road. in the surveillance video you can see the suspect's black mercedes suv circling the pump when suddenly the passenger from that suspect's vehicle leaps into an open window of the victim's car and steals her purse. we spoke to another victim who did not want to be on camera. here's what she had to say. >> by the time i got out of the car i saw someone jumping in the passenger seat of
our delia goncalves is lye at one of the -- live at one of the gas stations in capital heights, good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning jessica you know this is a warning that you hear very often. however, unfortunately with the summer heat, lots of people let their guards down and so this is yet another warning out there for women. this is the wawa on the 1400 block of hampton park boulevard here in capital heights. police say this is just one of the four gas stations tarted by...
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delia goncalves live in hyattsville, maryland this morning. >>> 6:34. we continue to follow breaking news out of fairfax county right now. these are live pictures. police are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in mount vernon. the suspect in this died. just before midnight police saw to men acting suspiciously along frye road near route 1. again this is a live look at the scene. they are still there. they went to talk to two men. one of them ran off of the officers went to catch him. when they did they say the man took out a gun and started firing. one of the officers fired back, hit the man. the suspect died a short time later. police are now looking for the second man they saw acting suspiciously in that location. as far as the shooting is concerned, neither one of the officers was hurt. >>> all morning long howard and monika have been telling us about the thunderstorms which have been moving through today. the line which moved through yesterday afternoon left a mess behind. some of the worst damage was in fauquier county and fredricksburg,
delia goncalves live in hyattsville, maryland this morning. >>> 6:34. we continue to follow breaking news out of fairfax county right now. these are live pictures. police are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in mount vernon. the suspect in this died. just before midnight police saw to men acting suspiciously along frye road near route 1. again this is a live look at the scene. they are still there. they went to talk to two men. one of them ran off of the officers went to...
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. >> delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with these latest developments. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. this is a huge development now in this case and it could break it wide open and it could mean that the mayor has quite the challenge ahead of him. "the washington post" now reporting that mayor gray held a private meeting inside his office on the 6th floor here at the wilson building about this money back in january. but mayor gray still denies any thong of the $650,000 -- any knowledge of the $650,000 that was secretly funneled to his campaign. but he does admit, quote, this is not the campaign i intended to run. genie harris faces years behind bars for her plot. jeffrey thompson is the alleged financial backer in the scheme. he's not been charged but his home and office were raided by the phish. so if prosecutors say the mayor's campaign was corrupt, what about his administration? >> i think it's unfair to say our administration. i have to distinguish between the campaign and the administration. >> i can't tell you how sad i am
. >> delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with these latest developments. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. this is a huge development now in this case and it could break it wide open and it could mean that the mayor has quite the challenge ahead of him. "the washington post" now reporting that mayor gray held a private meeting inside his office on the 6th floor here at the wilson building about this money back in january. but mayor...
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delia goncalves live at redskins park out in ashburn. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. what's a little heat for redskins fans honestly. they will be here in droves i can assure that it's quiet now but the park soon will be buzzing with activity as folks prepare for the rush of fans that will likely head here so they can see their first glimpse of their new redskins. hopes are very high as they always are every year but extra high this season. it's riding on the back of rookie quarterback robert griffin iii. on july 18rg3 signed a $1.1 million -- $21.1 million four- year contract with the redskins, including a signing bonus. of course rg3 has been a high profile player since the draft appearing even in gatorade commercials but the heisman trophy winner says it's not about him. it's about the team. >> if it wasn't good, i would have definitely felt it in the locker room but, you know, when all the guys showed up, most of them were either laughing about them or saying they were really cool. i think it rubbed the team th
delia goncalves live at redskins park out in ashburn. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. what's a little heat for redskins fans honestly. they will be here in droves i can assure that it's quiet now but the park soon will be buzzing with activity as folks prepare for the rush of fans that will likely head here so they can see their first glimpse of their new redskins. hopes are very high as they always are every year but extra high this season. it's riding on the back...
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delia goncalves in the cabin john area of montgomery county. >>> dominion's outage numbers are going back and forth. overnight, it dipped to 96 but jumped back up to 14,000 after the storms moved through. it is no relief from the heat. in reston, they are on day six without air conditioning or elevators. >>> bgi restored power to 650,000 costs but 55,000 are still without power. most of them are on the north side of baltimore city as well as towson and owe wigs mills -- owings mills. andrea? >>> right now, we focus on the district and efforts to get peak power back and cleanup after the storm. joining us is muri al buzzer. you are probably still getting complaints. >> absolutely. we have still people with very hot homes and downed trees. many people have completely left their homes since last friday. we know we're now to the areas where a couple of houses are on a block or several blocks. we have one area near 18th and quincy street where we have about 24 homes continuously out. so we know they are getting to them. people are hot and frustrated. >> people who are frustrated call thei
delia goncalves in the cabin john area of montgomery county. >>> dominion's outage numbers are going back and forth. overnight, it dipped to 96 but jumped back up to 14,000 after the storms moved through. it is no relief from the heat. in reston, they are on day six without air conditioning or elevators. >>> bgi restored power to 650,000 costs but 55,000 are still without power. most of them are on the north side of baltimore city as well as towson and owe wigs mills -- owings...
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delia goncalves joins us live from outside the wilson building with more. good morning to you, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica, mike. these results are pretty telling. i'm sure folks within the administration are taking a very close look at the results, even though mayor gray is steadfast in his commitment that he will serve all four years of his term. cord to the post -- according to the post poll, four out of ten voters who elected him to office now think he should step down. let's take a look at some video shot the other day. obviously the mayor has his supporters as seen in this rally of clergy members outside the wilson building yesterday. "the washington post" poll indicates many are expressing doubts in the mayor's ability to run the city. 48% of african-americans, a huge base for the mayor, now say he should resign. overall 54% think stepping down is the right thing to do while 37% of voters think he should stay in office. reaction is mixed, even in his home ward of ward 7. let's listen to those folks. >> there's too much against him and e
delia goncalves joins us live from outside the wilson building with more. good morning to you, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica, mike. these results are pretty telling. i'm sure folks within the administration are taking a very close look at the results, even though mayor gray is steadfast in his commitment that he will serve all four years of his term. cord to the post -- according to the post poll, four out of ten voters who elected him to office now think he should step down....
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delia goncalves is live outside with the latest. >> reporter: good morning mike, you know mayor gray has stood firm and he is not speaking in regards to details of this case. but many sources within the wilson building certainly are talking about the investigation. and have confirmed to 9news now that mayor gray immediately reached out to his personal attorney as soon as he learned about this shadow campaign. we're told the mayor was absolutely shocked when he learned back in january of this $653,000 in money that was secretly funneled to his campaign, he -- we're told had no previous knowledge of this money. though, we are also told by sources it paid a portion of the money -- a portion of the money paid for his escort vehicle that he was driven to campaign events. campaign consultant harris faces two years behind bars for her part in the scheme but says jeff thompson actually funded the plot. >> harris wants the mayor to help her get the invoices, in other words to cover up the shadow campaign's illegal activities, gray told associates he was surprised and it's the very first time
delia goncalves is live outside with the latest. >> reporter: good morning mike, you know mayor gray has stood firm and he is not speaking in regards to details of this case. but many sources within the wilson building certainly are talking about the investigation. and have confirmed to 9news now that mayor gray immediately reached out to his personal attorney as soon as he learned about this shadow campaign. we're told the mayor was absolutely shocked when he learned back in january of...
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delia goncalves is live there with the latest g. morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. as you know there's still no cause of this fire but we do know that the fire started in a ground floor apartment in the back of the building. there's not much facing the back of the building. that's why investigators believe that fire burned unnoticed for some time. when firefighters arrived shortly before 8:00 last night, all three floors were fully engulfed in flames. it's unclear, though, just how long the fire was burning. before we're told a police officer on routine patrol in the area noticed smoke and then called 911. he didn't see any residents out here so he then quickly got out of his cruiser, banged on all the residents' doors to get everyone out safely. unfortunately one resident's dog died in the fire. >> would we have to remember is risk versus benefit. we don't want to risk much -- we will risk much to save much. so when we arrived on the scene, we found heavy fire conditions. we waited until we had adequate water supp
delia goncalves is live there with the latest g. morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. as you know there's still no cause of this fire but we do know that the fire started in a ground floor apartment in the back of the building. there's not much facing the back of the building. that's why investigators believe that fire burned unnoticed for some time. when firefighters arrived shortly before 8:00 last night, all three floors were fully engulfed in flames. it's unclear,...
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delia goncalves live in our satellite center, this morning. >>> there were several prayer vigils held sunday. the rainbow coalition is the group created by jesse jackson. they're calling on lawmakers around the nation to tackle the problem of gun violence. it wants the ban on assault weapons reestablished as soon as possible. >>> stay with 9news now for turning coverage of this tragedy. right now at wusa9.com, learn more about each of the 12 victims killed on friday. our andrea mccarren is following this story in colorado. >>> in just a few hours, penn state is going to learn its penalty from the ncaa. the historic football program will be punished for its involvement in the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. cbssports.com reports penn state will be hit with a fine of at least $30 million and it may go as high as $60 million. the money will go towards charity for children's causes. the football program is also going to be stripped of some of its scholarships and will likely be banned from any bowl games. a source tells cbs sports the penalties are going to be unlike anything that's bee
delia goncalves live in our satellite center, this morning. >>> there were several prayer vigils held sunday. the rainbow coalition is the group created by jesse jackson. they're calling on lawmakers around the nation to tackle the problem of gun violence. it wants the ban on assault weapons reestablished as soon as possible. >>> stay with 9news now for turning coverage of this tragedy. right now at wusa9.com, learn more about each of the 12 victims killed on friday. our...
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nine nine now reporter delia goncalves -- 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the site with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jess. i can already see some crews climbing the scaffolding and heading over to the rail line to begin work on the project that is long been running and happening here in the region. a lot of folks say that this is an eyesore but for many the silver line bridge represents the future of the region in regard to transportation, the economy, and certainly growth of the area. the silver line, dulles metrorail will eventually carry trains over the beltway and through tysons. crews say the final stage represents the most challenging part of construction. phase two of the project could begin as early as late spring of 2013. and is expected to be complete within five years taking the $6 billion project 2k3 miles all the -- 23 miles all the way out to eastern loudon county. the first phase of the project will be complete hopefully by next year and that will bring you as far as reston and that is expected to ease lots of traffic in the area, al
nine nine now reporter delia goncalves -- 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the site with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jess. i can already see some crews climbing the scaffolding and heading over to the rail line to begin work on the project that is long been running and happening here in the region. a lot of folks say that this is an eyesore but for many the silver line bridge represents the future of the region in regard to transportation, the economy,...
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delia goncalves joins us live from the convention center. she has a preview of what's going on today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. going to be a very busy day here in d.c. 30,000 people are all expected to kind of crowd the streets as you said in this march and that march includes five different protests throughout the city, everyone calling on an end to aids. the world aids conference, everyone agrees that we are close to an end to this epidemic but the main challenge remains funding. the u.s. has donated an extra $150 million to help poor countries fight the disease with medication and prevention awareness but many are now calling for what they're calling the robin hood tax on wall street that would give 50 cents per $100 of trading to hiv-aids treatment. >> the united states is committed and will remain committed to achieving an aids friegen ration -- aids free generation. >> we need to get better at this. the funding environment is very tough. some days if feels like we're going to have to fight just to keep the fundin
delia goncalves joins us live from the convention center. she has a preview of what's going on today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. going to be a very busy day here in d.c. 30,000 people are all expected to kind of crowd the streets as you said in this march and that march includes five different protests throughout the city, everyone calling on an end to aids. the world aids conference, everyone agrees that we are close to an end to this epidemic but the main challenge...
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delia goncalves joins us live from 12th and rhode island avenue in northeast d.c. with more on the recovery. how is it going there now, delia? >> reporter: pepco is making a lot of progress. their numbers are inching down and at last check, they are well below the 5,000 mark. you can see these lights are back up and running in normal praiption. they were flashing just -- normal operation. they were flashing just a short time ago. you should still proceed through the area with caution because you could run into some lights that are still flashing or out. the area is drying out after last night's storm that caused major flooding on a number of our region's roads. the storm once again knocked out power to residents, many whom are just recovering from two blackouts in the past couple of weeks, including the derecho which left many in the dark up to one full week. a lot of customers are angry with pepco and general manager tom graham's missteps during a hearing before the public service commission certainly hasn't helped. >> i say to myself is it reasonable for an indiv
delia goncalves joins us live from 12th and rhode island avenue in northeast d.c. with more on the recovery. how is it going there now, delia? >> reporter: pepco is making a lot of progress. their numbers are inching down and at last check, they are well below the 5,000 mark. you can see these lights are back up and running in normal praiption. they were flashing just -- normal operation. they were flashing just a short time ago. you should still proceed through the area with caution...
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goncalves is following this story live at the wilson building trying to make a distinction between the campaign and his administration. are people buying it? >> reporter: it's an interesting angle but i don't know if folks are buying it, especially when we tell but this major break in the case that we've learned of this morning. it appears that mayor gray may actually have known about the shadow campaign. "the washington post" reporting this morning that mayor gray held a meeting inside his private office in the wilson building back in january about this veg and about this money in the shadow campaign. so that raises a whole slew of questions as to whether or not he's being truthful when he says he didn't know anything about this. now council members say came -- now council members cantania, cheh and bowser are calling him for him to resign. $650,000 was secretly funneled toward his election bid. he did say it was not the campaign he intended to run. long-time friend gene harris faces up to two years behind bars for her part in the plot though she tells the court d.c. businessman jeff
goncalves is following this story live at the wilson building trying to make a distinction between the campaign and his administration. are people buying it? >> reporter: it's an interesting angle but i don't know if folks are buying it, especially when we tell but this major break in the case that we've learned of this morning. it appears that mayor gray may actually have known about the shadow campaign. "the washington post" reporting this morning that mayor gray held a...
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delia goncalves is live in hyattsville with an update. what kind of commute can commuters expect this morning? >> reporter: we have good news. new information in the last half-hour. they are reporting no delays and no more single attacking in that area after that train derailment that happened not too far away from the west hyattsville stop on friday. metro says friday evening's extreme heat possibly caused a portion of an outdoor rail to expand. so when a train passed by that area just before 5:00 p.m., it derailed inside the tunnel. prince george's county fire and rescue evacuated 56 passengers. no injuries were reported. >> we did transport one customer to a hospital. she was a pregnant female. we had some people treated on scene for heat. we had a cooling station set up as well as provided water. >> it's hot and wasn't very well organized when we got to fort totten. there wasn't very much information about when the shuttle buses were going, where you were supposed to line up so there was a mass of people, everybody trying to get on th
delia goncalves is live in hyattsville with an update. what kind of commute can commuters expect this morning? >> reporter: we have good news. new information in the last half-hour. they are reporting no delays and no more single attacking in that area after that train derailment that happened not too far away from the west hyattsville stop on friday. metro says friday evening's extreme heat possibly caused a portion of an outdoor rail to expand. so when a train passed by that area just...